WHAT WAS YOUR MAJOR IN COLLEGE?
Jennifer Baron: College Double-Major: Art History and English Literature
Sasha Bell: Anthropology.
ARE YOU A DOG PERSON OR A CAT PERSON?
JB: Cat girl.
SB: Dog person definitely.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BRUSSELS SPROUTS?
JB: Just had them last night for dinner: yum, yum!
SB: Love them hot and juicy.
NAME THREE PEOPLE YOU REALLY ADMIRE.
JB: Virginia Woolf, Louise Bourgeois, Che Guevera
SB: Jeff Baron, Mary Carillo, Alan Turing
IF YOU COULD LIVE AT ANY POINT IN THE PAST, WHEN AND WHERE WOULD YOU LIVE?
JB: As an ancient Mayan.
SB: Cuba, 1959
WHAT MEDIUM REPRESENTS THE GREATEST PROPORTION OF YOUR CULTURAL "LANDMARKS" -- TV, MUSIC, ART, BOOKS, ETC?
JB: Films, books, buildings, paintings, albums, Mad magazine issues.
SB: Books - nonstop reading as a kid. Reading has now been eclipsed
somewhat by music - listening, playing, writing, recording, etc.
There's still nothing like reading an amazing book that changes your
outlook on life.
WHAT WAS THE LAST CD YOU BOUGHT?
JB: Hideki Kagi, 15 Angry Men
SB: The last CD I bought was Beck's Mutations for my brother for Xmas.
He asked for it.
IS IT FREAKING HOT OR WHAT?
JB: I adore Hideki!
SB: Yes global warming scares me to no end. First 1997 was the hottest
year on record, then 1998, then 1999...
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEX AND LOVEMAKING?
JB: Let's just save that one for something to think and talk about, but not
write down.
SB: How comfortable you are uttering either word to your partner.
HAVE YOU EVER OWNED A PAIR OF PLAID PANTS?
JB: Have owned and do own several.
SB: Yes, I own a pair as we speak.
DEFINE THE PHRASE "JANGLY GUITAR POP."
JB: The very best songs of Let's Active, Orange Juice, Game Theory and The
Go-Betweens.
SB: REM.
NAME A MUSICIAN OR GENRE WHOSE POPULARITY YOU JUST DON'T GET.
JB: Steely Dan.
SB: (didn't answer this one)
WHAT FRIGHTENS YOU?
JB: Memory loss.
SB: As I mentioned, global warming, Satan, driving with Jeff behind the
wheel, childbirth...
WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING IF YOU WEREN'T DOING MUSIC?
JB: I'd be an Art History professor and...writing children's books.
Or maybe making films, art, or building buildings!
SB: I'd probably spend more time travelling to exotic destinations just
for the hell of it. For example I'd love to pack it up and ship off
to India for a year or something like that. I have a serious travel
bug.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WEBSITE? WHAT IS IT?
JB: In theory, as in, in the future: www.spinster.com
SB: www.beastiality.com
WHAT CULTURAL TREND OR FAD BEWILDERS YOU THE MOST?
JB: Women getting down on their hands and knees for and in Calvin Klein(s) and
then being plastered on larger-than-life-sized billboards at the corner of
Broadway & Houston.
SB: Cross burning.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW OR BOOK WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT YEARS OLD?
JB: Book: Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth (You rock! - Ed.); TV: H.R. Puff 'n Stuff
SB: The Trixie Belden books.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JUNK FOOD, AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU EAT IT?
JB: Chocolate covered pretzels -- eaten only at Christmastime when someone from my
stepdad's office religiously gives my family 2 boxes (red-and-pink striped!)
of the glorious Sarris brand.
SB: I love ice cream and eat it a few times a week while watching
television in bed. Also love Reese's peanut butter cups.
JUSTIFY YOUR EXISTENCE IN ONE SENTENCE.
JB: My parents met.
SB: Food is king.
